Surah Maryam (Mary) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. كهيعص

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   Kaf, Ha, Ya, ‘Ayn, Suad.

   k-h-y-ʿ-ṣ (kāf hā yā ʿayn ṣād)

2. ذكر رحمت ربك عبده زكريا

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   [This is] an account of your Lord’s mercy on His servant, Zechariah,

   dhikru raḥmati rabbika ʿabdahū zakariyyā

3. إذ نادى ربه نداء خفيا

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   when he called out to his Lord with a secret cry.

   ʾidh nādā rabbahū nidāʾan khafiyyan

4. قال رب إني وهن العظم مني واشتعل الرأس شيبا ولم أكن بدعائك رب شقيا

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   He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed my bones have become feeble, and my head has turned white with age, yet never have I, my Lord, been disappointed in supplicating You!

   qāla rabbi ʾinnī wahana l-ʿaẓmu minnī wa-shtaʿala r-raʾsu shayban wa-lam ʾakun bi-duʿāʾika rabbi shaqiyyan

5. وإني خفت الموالي من ورائي وكانت امرأتي عاقرا فهب لي من لدنك وليا

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   Indeed I fear my kinsmen, after me, and my wife is barren. So grant me from Yourself an heir

   wa-ʾinnī khiftu l-mawāliya min warāʾī wa-kānati mraʾatī ʿāqiran fa-hab lī min ladunka waliyyan

6. يرثني ويرث من آل يعقوب واجعله رب رضيا

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   who may inherit from me and inherit from the House of Jacob, and make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]!’

   yarithunī wa-yarithu min ʾāli yaʿqūba wa-jʿalhu rabbi raḍiyyan

7. يا زكريا إنا نبشرك بغلام اسمه يحيى لم نجعل له من قبل سميا

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   ‘O Zechariah! Indeed We give you the good news of a son, whose name is ‘‘John.’’ Never before have We made anyone his namesake.’

   yā-zakariyyā ʾinnā nubashshiruka bi-ghulāmin-i smuhū yaḥyā lam najʿal lahū min qablu samiyyan

8. قال رب أنى يكون لي غلام وكانت امرأتي عاقرا وقد بلغت من الكبر عتيا

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   He said, ‘My Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I am already advanced in age?’

   qāla rabbi ʾannā yakūnu lī ghulāmun wa-kānati mraʾatī ʿāqiran wa-qad balaghtu mina l-kibari ʿitiyyan

9. قال كذلك قال ربك هو علي هين وقد خلقتك من قبل ولم تك شيئا

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   He said, ‘So shall it be. Your Lord has said, ‘‘It is simple for Me.’’ Certainly I created you before when you were nothing.’

   qāla ka-dhālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʿalayya hayyinun wa-qad khalaqtuka min qablu wa-lam taku shayʾan

10. قال رب اجعل لي آية قال آيتك ألا تكلم الناس ثلاث ليال سويا

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    He said, ‘My Lord! Appoint a sign for me.’ He said, ‘Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three complete nights.’

    qāla rabbi jʿal lī ʾāyatan qāla ʾāyatuka ʾallā tukallima n-nāsa thalātha layālin sawiyyan

11. فخرج على قومه من المحراب فأوحى إليهم أن سبحوا بكرة وعشيا

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    So he emerged before his people from the Temple, and signalled to them that they should glorify [Allah] morning and evening.

    fa-kharaja ʿalā qawmihī mina l-miḥrābi fa-ʾawḥā ʾilayhim ʾan sabbiḥū bukratan wa-ʿashiyyan